Word Meaning

bristle definition and meaning

n. A short, stiff, coarse hair, as on the back of swine.
n. A stiff, sharp, roundish hair.
v. t. To erect the bristles of; to cause to stand up, as the bristles of an angry hog; -- sometimes with up.
v. t. To fix a bristle to; as, to bristle a thread.
v. i. To rise or stand erect, like bristles.
v. i. To appear as if covered with bristles; to have standing, thick and erect, like bristles.
v. i. To show defiance or indignation.

Crossword clues for bristle

- Be thickly covered with stiff hair
- Brother is missing half the battle by a whisker
- Get hackles up
- Get upset about blister
- Short stiff hair
- Stiff fibre of a brush
- Stiff hair